Grain-separator.



1-. 0. JONES, GRAIN SEPARATOR.

APPLICAIION HLED JAN.25.1915. RENEWED MAR-1,1917- Pamnted Dec. 11',1917.

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anbewfg" Pat-outed Dec; 11, 1917.

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J. D. JONES.

I GRAIN SEPARAIOR. APPLICAIION FILED IMLZS. IYHISLRENEWEDMAR. 8,1917.

Patented Dec. 11,1917.

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v j. 0. JONES. GRMN SEPARATOR.

'APPUCATION FILED IAN. 25,1915. RENEWED MAR. 8 I911.

@2111 new 'usoi Separators of which we following 13 s sp iEZMKIJEEPSEPAIEQ imioii.

ielppiiootion filed 32. mm 25, 1915, Serial 3: 50. @332}. Renew-2Q 2 i/55 wiwm may; conceaw:

.th? citizen of United Etatos, residing" a; i? all? W'aiio, in ooumy ofalia "Waiki al bi. State of Washiogion, have inveoiod m improvements infirm.

noirizoi: iILESPQQiJiVQ of: tho i wages iii position of the supporting;oam'ieie oiatform.

ooso of my present invention "to provide iovolifigineoiooniom which willautomafi oaiif/ rospon instantly to any changes in tho osiition of thesupporis and Without interiiig Wi ih the operation of the shaking @ne ofthe objects of my invention to provide a levoiing meohanism which "51maintain the of the grain operator horizonio] bot-ii longitudinally andwnovzzrseiy and under the controi of a single pendulum or governor.Another pm of my ins'ontioo is to provide an agiwior' or shaking devicowhich is entirely in- Dendent of the leveling mechanism. The ooopemtionoi those two devices maintain grain separator in constant agitation:mci. aiwayg; in a horizontal position-so that the se iiam'torconstantly operates at its ighesfz thicough'oz' along coo sioves to on?the c'imii. 'i l'lekiiifionities which have -.horeto.- fore boonencountered in apparatus (if-this id have (in-a mainiy to a failure toproperly mipiy 511a air oiii-renia no the eons or sieves both todirec'iioro and "fistribuiio 'Tilfiffifi QHXEffll'iZS i z voEgecifioo'tion Lotionlt that L Form H. 502mm,

ohafl by means of sieves or screens which o'siiig; which o not onlyineffv ouso of te QUEliliq-BFGUU'E io drop back through waid'iy towardthe discharge, and. Again I 8- iiSQOV=91'EtTi that. tho seporatin actionces place more oii'ioionfl'y if tho air pass {hiugh die honor is under aoort'ziin [in upward (Erection and consequently acts upon the layer ofmixed groin and chafi in an oi'iioioni mummy exerting a constantiifiiing force. Anothoi' object of my invention is to oliwiate a q;ediiy om'rents o1 deiotei'ious counter-onrrents. I have also providedmoons for musing the air passing" through the outlet end of tho cleanerto traverse a confined ohanz'aoi in a revomo dire iion so 51% the blowercram a pressuro in the cleaner casing W2 @11 in cans ing: :1 uniformbiow of the air ioiaazt in His accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is sideoiemtioo of an apparatus embody ing my invention: Figs. 7 and 3 arevertical longiimciinal (:Liml and aop plan mm re-- sg ieofivoiyg 1* afront omfi o'iovation:

1 iow of iii? screening mochl 0 1s a dorm v 24 1115711 F1222 6. l, 2voiiiczi section on the lino mo rug. 8, Ag

L n A of o rotary m9 11 oirouiaizory currents in sho Jonoy LO form sari"h but also booaoa-i ho vagy uneven .dzsi-minmon oi? the 2.1x"

the chm! to movoouba amount of back gm are o toe on passing fromuniitormiy davmmxdly, aim pnauhzm mm 298,

F 211% swing mward the a fiber-shy he beii crank :mns 2'13, 538% 20%raisir w he iinks 206, anti 1 E 5 i K? t 1.6-

end 01" he sufficiently 51 x J A a, a; (mid posit-i911. if? discfiailigened in the ipposite directimb is, provided with v and of thecasimg a g and. colztains msta fay swim tewzwsi 19 sep ni'vo'ivafiySecumd I is? and E12 21 3 DO, by means 0 fig the 1512!: 1K i, which i1;r, 1 @f was! 2, cm my frame. Time which viii 2;

carried by "the 019,2} pusiinn. 5- hisi'i pivated at the mashiz aeLiifilf; iinfixamily of the cassecured the sides of the 11 the panda? 1msw ng; in the same diras rms having ezztsnsianis Egan; $1011 and acti Iflnxmggn cmmecting stufqs a 1" d J 220%. and. bm uatets 2%, turns mum:Tmz

151 a bmleaied 20G iatemliy the pivmbs 21% 21Mv i213 and, the cszsingg'is" "at! in ha fmxzne by 85 the tr'unninns casing is aisa mail?horizantal. will. has M sew i $11M panduhrn Q5 mmmg I. arms 303, 52055 araises 01- 1 the and m? -e 5393' g with 1% mg Wham 13m 7' g 1 Pavings in1157 nff the 63/5 1i; 001mm wr 'f mi ":2? bracket 7265 0 0' hit-m aenabiecl is Gamma carried 0;

$K L: y 215; he whee} lauium '2 iii: habit 217", 1 has the leveling;ETmQLfi ism mm mm sen it excegdin w 1 respond. is a tiiii w z'nowmflmu0i 1 Jamil;

-a compenmtmg; mcwsmem 1m @3316 ms- 2% thereby maintaining in thinmammal zunia! givasitiml so that the rscwews wifi rats the'r greatesteifieienw.

me 217, upun WH- the separate parts.

Lhe sereens @315; A and is pr such a imagib lower end 125 eloseiyadjacent to or tests with :he stubble, indicated at 250 as it passesover the fields so that the discharge is somewhat reiarded or choked,"fi'aereby preventing a sudden diecna'rge of the eir we in the cleaner,

The iiseharge will be somewhat choked o1 retarded even the ddvvuwarflyfilmed 65.5% charge chute teammates considerably above @112 gmiIL Theeleaneai grain passes from rbhe lower front end of the pen 1:22, throughthe opening undo? the plate and through the gmin-on'iziei; 126, it.621e- 6011- veyer 128, having a Worm. or smo'w which em'ries the grainto "the oieveton The operation my cleaner: wil i be. um derstood fromthe foregoing description of The thyfished gmin is earyied up byelevator and dposieoi in suceegsive li iixeket leads into the spam 21'?of the ciea each bucket load coming; into the post}; the heater' arms $146, which loosen and eoaflier i'b over the top sieve 1: 3? The ail"currents from the fan move inwardly substanfizliy uniform blast, anytenency to mime being deseroyed by flit-:3 iongitu ina ribs of thecorrugations. As

ahe air siz'ikes the inclined bottom of "the agitator pan 122, it isdeiiec'fcefi upvva'zdiy mug :he sieves, the Wedge shape of the, fne panand while sieves, ascausing the air euryenis m the siew'es U L105 if orthe purpose of a of blast at the foiwmd #o'op Q #5 on W 'e the bucketlomls v M11 '4: Lenby concentrate 21, greater lftitng )Ghfl at this20mm, 1 leave she for end of thetog screen unobby making she forwardend. of the lower screen aermine'ie several inches back the top so? an.The air'biast ifif'as the mixed grain end enzgfi, assisied byiahe beaienhitting the grain to all back upon the screen and the slaking of thelatter by the recipziomsbing m hzmiom, causes the grain to thmwfi'z I,s: s11mess;iveiy ing receiv by the agi'taeuz pan 15295 and finallypassing out through ope-nin In order to guard ugainsfi the poseioi 3 ofany of the gz'scin being biown out w: the

smooth upper (and. by r: an; rested and 12 1S CilUS of'ixhe 532m 1provide the 1 xemo'f with steps 12%!" sepzzraried.

:. at which such; graio is m"- y 11m .rooiprocation of "too pan, movedownvmrd to the grain screen supports: Wine porting l mne,

cause aifioias'i; in move ulawardly with and maximum hftmg gfoece whichefieoiively distributed and be efioion z, it nbeohfloely necessary thatthe moves remain ieve! or nozrlzonmi and. not ozu'mke the initmmovements of the i m flafiionn of wine machine caused by the 11meve'zmecs; of the wound. ever Winch 1i, moves.

2:, I H, foilows thereform that me screemn 1 1 1 meohemq 'oemiiedenoentl T mov able reiauv Ty the machine "platforln My 11L (anti-1mabove descrlberl provides sueh en mdependen'b soreenmg appm'atustogether with means which respond instantly a ment and the movement tothe h insures a iiorizozfeai position at all times Moreover suchievelting;- action 5 not inaerfere with eonsimzt aoa'iqiu 5 1e egmmmechanism :1 m1 o blower The inte zt-o' 1' and ooi3p-- Ion irhesese''eml atuye esuhb in p; osfllofing a lulkloymly efficloai 2c 10!oft-fie apparatus.

1 have desczibed in detiri the construction hown in the eeeov-lpzmyixwdrmvinga for he purpofie oi disekxsing an embodiment. of my invention,but 7i ama'wm'e the various c'imngee and modifications may be made withn fie scope of my claims and wifhouideg ting fzom the Yew-Jinn.

claim to any m proger eompensat' depende! o1 ihe pivotal movemeni of the'ein se-paxmm; comprising a suplatemuy pivoted in end, a reoiprooatory 5in said iizizsingg n gizirring do; mummified above the screen; mfimting1 "oen and moo name '1 screen moon e1 ozone rots, whereby .se-ed mm saidzmmec sim adjawm'; me with the side members; 9f Said frame, and. levermechanism pi v'cfimlly aecured w sai'siyframe and having me armwtnvisied with a depmiling penduami 2110mm mm suppo' zing m9 eppa 1maiils @316; 0f the casin whexzeby the pendw 1am aunt-mks Tamil thesidewise tilting m0m= mam/mi the frame in said. bearings and the wiiiaaimuvement of the casing 11pm its Wm} wnmciian with the frame. g5

A grain separator, mmpi'ising casa lwigmacawry sieve 01 screen mounted'1 min, a. fiiover, means for defiesting iahe can" an as $0211 hi0 yerupon the inwarmid screm,.zmd meant: for nulfifying g0 mmry aeixiqm @fsuit} ailments,

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" a. bio'waig means for dsfiectin the v id 135 /11, amazing fernvlHi'Eying ,i Q rotazz'y when @i szzid ailments, and. means fox:Tami-"ding the flow of air dis- 11 gmin swam-tor,csmprising z? cas- 96}g, siva 02." m

' an inciimzi ch I miinai farming a: Y new for thegrain and Mower to camai'? blast to 0W1" said chum and 12.3969.

through the siwe, said gram es tecfiiing the ga -Lin fmm fine; rnmryanti-m1 sf (Zhe- A. grain separatf wmfzpy'sing a, ($213 713g,msipmcamz'y upper and 105F761" siavec 11am mmmteti iherein, a forward.the uppersieva being; i. wig em n f Fewer sit we mazms .01 causing mg;a. sap grmmg a :3 xtefi thmre j, t. 1% fmnvzmi @1162 (2f Eh) 1w mime?522% being in advance @f the 03* 3119111: spondirag' and 0f. the .QOWGIsieva a biuw em, inn; :1 means f0? causing Hm air bla icrqzatefi by saidMower to pass 31pm 111132 though saioa sieves, and maams against whichtime air Mast i dirmclmdfar can. Lg @3110: 215.2" W3 casing ta ix-swanh.

Mam sz'ezsieii by m; E2 said 125 mnfim "ii-karma!

